Local language schools are seeing an untimely decline in numbers. With the trend of English medium schools catching on, neither the parents, teachers or the children are enabled to communicate, understand or express in English. The resultant is a hollow shell of a generation that can barely get by in English and has no understanding or information since the whole education process becomes ineffective in a ‘foreign’ language.

Government schools are run poorly, and teachers, students and parents have lost faith in the fact that education is best imparted in one’s mother tongue. As a consequence, these schools don’t have good learning systems and efficient delivery mechanisms.

It’s a vicious cycle. In the end, children suffer, education suffers.

12,000 schools across Maharashtra to shut down.

The government has already decided to close down these schools. This impacts around 45,000 teachers who will be laid off. In the city of Mumbai alone, around 1,500 teachers are at a risk of losing their jobs. Why is this happening? Why are Marathi medium schools dying out?

TWO PRIMARY REASONS FOR CHANGE

We have identified two reasons why we need to bring about a change in the system of education in local schools. Our aim is to strengthen the delivery of primary education with a focus on getting concepts across through the local language.